Abstract
Methods/Materials
The experiment is to be conducted by creating an apparatus that would mimic another apparatus, Diffraction Grating. To get around actually creating a Media with the different lasers, the measurements obtained from the appartus will be interpretted by an equation and estimate the capacity of the Media. This way actually creating the media will not be necessary when the difference of capacities is important. Using a support, preferably a box, a thin sheet will cover it and act as the area onto which the laser reflects onto. Using a stand to hold a laser still, the laser shall shine onto a hole punched specifically the size of the laser tip. Underneath it all, a media shall be placed [Note: The elevation on which the laser is above the media shall be kept constant] and when pressed the distance between the incident and other points shall be measured.
Results
The results show that:
* The distance between the incident and the refracted points is greater for lasers with a shorter
wavelength
* The bits per nm^2 is greater with lasers with the shorter wavelengths than the longer wavelengths for all
medias tested
* Burnt and Pressed Medias have about the same capacity
* The estimated percent error is 10%
Conclusions/Discussion
From the analysis and research, it can be concluded that:
* The results show that the wavelength of the laser affects the capacity of the media (CD/DVD).
* These results are interesting, since more media can be stored by just changing the laser beam
(wavelength) used for reading the media.
* It also found that burnt CDs and DVDs did show similar bit size to the pressed CDs and DVDs.
This project was to the capacity differences of various medias by "creating" them using different lasers.
Science Fair Project done By James Noraky